NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7326

Senate Bill S7326

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 10, 2025	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

2025-S7326 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7412
Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §64, ABC L

2025-S7326 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain property in the city of Rochester from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church.

2025-S7326 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7326

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to an
exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
within a certain distance from a church

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will authorize issuance of a retail license for on-premises
consumption of alcohol for a certain property located within Rochester,
New York

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-17) to authorize the issuing
of a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which
shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a
church, synagogue or other place of worship, provided such premises

constitute a premises for the sale of food or beverages at retail for
consumption on the premises located wholly within the boundaries of
Monroe County.

Section 2: Establishes the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill will allow Angelina's restaurant in Rochester, NY to be issued
a liquor license despite their proximity to the Bible Baptist Temple.
Angelina's restaurant has been a stable establishment in the neighbor-
hood that provides an excellent service to the surrounding community.
Allowing them to attain a liquor license would support the continued
success of the restaurant as well as contribute to the growth of the
community. The leadership of Bible Baptist Temple has issued a letter
stating their full support for the issuing of a liquor license. .

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7326 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7326
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to an
   exemption for certain property from the prohibition of  alcohol  sales
   within a certain distance from a church
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  64  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
 control  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph (e-17) to read as
 follows:
   (E-17) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION FOR A PREMISES WHICH SHALL BE  LOCATED  WITHIN  TWO  HUNDRED
 FEET  OF  A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE
 OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTES A PREMISES
 FOR THE SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREM-
 ISES LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  ROCHESTER,
 COUNTY OF MONROE, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   THAT  TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY,
 NEW YORK, KNOWN AS LOT #7 OF THE WILLIAN HORCHELER SUBDIVISION, OF  LOTS
 31  AND  32  OF  THE  MUNGER TRACT, SITUATED ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF
 SOUTH AVENUE AND GREGORY STREET, AS THE SAME IS LAID DOWN ON A MAP THER-
 EOF FILED IN MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE IN LIBER 26 OF MAPS, PAGE 34.
   SAID LOT #7 BEING 77 FEET ON THE NORTH SIDE AND 43.25 FEET ON THE WEST
 END, 76.99 FEET ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND 45.28 FEET ON  THE  EAST  END,  AS
 MEASURED ALONG THE STREET LINE OF SOUTH AVENUE AS WILL MORE FULLY APPEAR
 BY SAID MAP.
   ALSO  ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OF THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
 IN AND TO A CERTAIN EASEMENT GRANTED TO ONE WILLIAM HORSCHELER BY  HENRY
 KROEGR  AND  ANNA  C.  KROEGER,  HIS WITH BY INSTRUMENT DATED AUGUST 27,
 1926, ACKNOWLEDGED THE SAME DAY AND RECORDED IN  MONROE  COUNTY  CLERK'S
 OFFICE AUGUST 30, 1926, IN LIBER 1379 OF DEEDS, PAGE 210.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11021-01-5

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